Nobody imagined that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was this dynamic.

So many of us are convinced now that West Antarctica, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is starting to melt.

Antarctic Circle

Antarctic peninsula

Antarctic icefish

Antarctic toothfish

In the West Antarctic, a gigantic iceberg almost seven times the size of Berlin has detached from the ice shelf.

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic east of 79 20 E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79 20 E 1

British Antarctic Territory

British Antarctic Territory,

British Antarctic Territory,

Antarctic Treaty Secretariat The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat was established in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 2004 by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM).

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Antarctic rockcods, noties n.e.i.

ANTARCTIC TREATY SIGNATORIES T1193

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The Antarctic areas became a separate overseas territory following the ratification of the Antarctic Treaty.

External links Official webpage Official webpage in English COMNAP Antarctic Facilities COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map

Footnotes External links Official website British Antarctic Survey BAS Signy Research Station BAS Signy Research Station Images at BAS COMNAP Antarctic Facilities COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Tux is an Antarctic bird.

in the Southern Ocean Antarctic.

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French Southern and Antarctic Territories,

French Southern and Antarctic Territories,

French Southern and Antarctic Territories,

French Southern and Antarctic Territories,

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French Southern and Antarctic Territories,

COMNAP has an observer status at the Antarctic Treaty System's yearly Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM).

Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass ( Deschampsia antarctica ) and Antarctic pearlwort ( Colobanthus quitensis ), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).

Signy Research Station is an Antarctic research base on Signy Island, run by the British Antarctic Survey.

Rather than reacting to global warming with gradual and predictable patterns of change, the West Antarctic ice sheet has suddenly tipped into a new state.

March 21, 2007 (Includes detailed description of this and some nearby stations) Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute AARI Bellingshausen Station COMNAP Antarctic Facilities () COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map () Bellingshausen Station Photos

Antarctica Gigantic iceberg drifts into the Antarctic

Lee Hotz Inside an Antarctic time machine

Antarctic runways Blue ice is exposed in areas of the Antarctic where there is no net addition or subtraction of snow.

Today Ross Island is home to New Zealand's Scott Base, and the largest Antarctic settlement, the U.S. Antarctic Program's McMurdo Station.

) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds .